Only this rematch will mark the end of the season for the team that doesn’t win.

HoVal (14-4-2) returns to Princeton to face the 14-2-1 Little Tigers at 2 p.m. with the winner advancing to next week’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship match.

It is one of two NJSIAA sectional semifinal matches on tap today involving CVC squads.

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While CVC divisional champs HoVal and Princeton go head-to-head a few miles south on Route 206 Notre Dame (15-6-0) goes for its third Non-Public South Jersey A tourney win hosting 7-B-7 Bishop Eustance, the Cinderella team in the bracket which has already eliminated Paul VI (1-0) and No. 1 seed Holy Cross (2-1).

While the No. 3 seeded HoVal and No. 2 seeded Princeton girls may not play as low-scoring a match this time, it’s likely to still be as tight as their first meeting that was decided by a second half goal from soph Christie Clune Persichetti.

Except for a penalty kick tiebreaker loss to Pennington in the Mercer County Tournament semifinal after a scoreless double-overtime draw that was the only time Princeton was shut out this season. It’s only other loss was a 2-1 ‘golden goal’ setback to Robbinsville, which proves how far coach Greg Hand’s team - that plays six freshman considerably - has come this season.

“We’ve got a group of girls that just love each other, love the game and enjoy playing together,” says Lauren Ullman, the Tigers’ senior goalie and 3-year starter who hasn’t allowed a ball to get past her from the flow of play in 529 minutes - dating back to the second half of a 5-2 victory on Oct. 16 at Notre Dame.

“This has been an unexpected season. We push each other hard every day and want this season to go on as long as it can,” said the Tigers scholar-athlete standout who is headed to MIT.

Today’s winner will face the survivor between No. 8 seed Colts Neck and No. 5 seed Wall for the C.J. title next week.

Coach John McGinley’s HoVal side is hoping to make it to its third C.J. III sectional final in four years by endin Princeton’s season the same way it began - with a loss to the Bulldogs.